Fear and culture: contextualising mental health impact of the 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa

Ann O'Leary¹, Mohamed F Jalloh^{2

3}, Yuval Neria^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Department of Public Health Science, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Departments of Psychiatry and Epidemiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York City, New York, USA.
⁵ New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City, New York, USA.

Editorial

Ann O'Leary et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2018.

. 2018 Jun 22;3(3):e000924.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-000924. eCollection 2018.

Ann O'Leary¹, Mohamed F Jalloh^{2

3}, Yuval Neria^{4

5}

¹ National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
² Division of Global Health Protection, Centers for Global Health, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
³ Department of Public Health Science, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
⁴ Departments of Psychiatry and Epidemiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York City, New York, USA.
⁵ New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York City, New York, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: community-based survey; kap survey.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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